About Blake Shaw

I am a photographer based in San Diego. I now specialize in bird photography, but also regularly photograph scenes of Mexico, Route 66, tennis, bicycle racing, flowers, and people. My work hangs in galleries in San Diego and elsewhere, and I am available for slide shows, lectures, and exhibitions.

May 2015

May 31, 2015

May 30, 2015

Most surprising of all, however, was the performance of Peter Sagan. Determined to hold the yellow jersey, he placed sixth on the mountainous stage, just 47 seconds behind Julian Alaphilippe. This put him two seconds behind Alaphilippe in the overall standings, setting up the most exciting final day in the history of the Tour of California.

Shortly after Alaphilippe, Henao, and others attacked the yellow jersey group, Sagan fights his way up Mt. Baldy alone.

May 27, 2015

Mark Cavendish and Peter Sagan start stage 7 of the 2015 Tour of California, which would take them from Ontario, California, to the heights of Mt. Baldy.

Cavendish wears the top sprinter's green jersey, and Sagan wears the race leader's yellow jersey, having claimed it in the previous day's time trial. Very few expected him to wear it at the end of the day, after over 11,000 feet of climbing, but in an interview, Sagan said he would try to defend the jersey.

May 23, 2015

Toms Skujins was a revelation of the 2015 Tour of California. This young Latvian rider launched a successful breakaway on stage 3, putting him into the leader's yellow jersey, which he held going into the stage 6 time trial.

May 22, 2015

I was fortunate to watch three stages of this year's Tour of California, including the time trial held at Magic Mountain in Santa Clarita. Here is Peter Sagan, who would win the time trial, gaining the leader's yellow jersey in the process.